The Mediterranean island of Cyprus is one of the most popular holiday resorts for travellers from the UK. Choosing the right Cypriot airport to travel to can make quite a difference to your holiday.

Many travellers to Cyprus are unaware of the size of the island. With more than 3,500 square miles of land, this is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Cyprus attracts more than 2 million visitors every year. By doing a bit of research before you travel, you can make the most of your visit.

There are two international airports available, Larnaca International Airport and Paphos International Airport. Don’t make the mistake of believing that you’ll be able to fly direct to Nicosia. Although Nicosia Airport is still listed on many maps, it was closed in 1974 and is not in use for travellers from overseas as a result.

Paphos International Airport is located on the western side of the island and is mainly used to serve the resort of Paphos, which attracts some 1.5 million visitors each year. Paphos is a pretty resort, located around a harbour. Although the town has expanded greatly in recent years, you can still get a taste of what Cypriot life is like.

Many visitors choose to hire a car, allowing them to visit more remote, rural areas. In rural areas it’s clear that a traditional way of life is still maintained by many local people.

Larnaca International Airport is used to serve the eastern resorts on the island, most notably Ayia Napa.

Ayia Napa has achieved fame thanks to its lively nightlife. The dance music scene makes the town popular with younger tourists from all over Europe and many suggest that it now helps Cyprus to rival the Spanish island of Ibiza. Make sure that you fly in to the right Cypriot airport - you can save yourself a lot of time traveling round this relatively large island.

You can find out about traveling to Cyprus by reading the Cyprus airports guide, which has further contributions from Keith Barrett. This article may be used by any website publisher, though this resource box must always be included in full.

When we think of airports, most of us don’t think of crime: an airline terminal is the last place a robber with panty hose pulled over his head would be found. We think of airports as one of the most crime-free areas around: just to get near a plane, everyone is screened by trained security. However, the truth is security is concerned with stopping catastrophic crime - a hijacked plane, for instance - and too busy to deal with the everyday activities of a petty thief.

The petty thief knows this, feeding on airport terminals, places where pandemonium keeps people from being overly vigilant with their belongings. The person distracted or disarrayed, worried about making a flight or finding their gate, can easily become the thief’s target. However, there are things you can do to assure you and your luggage or your purse don’t make an unwanted departure.

Don’t Set Your Luggage Down: This day and age, an abandoned Samsonite is not allowed: travelers are reminded to keep their baggage with them. While most travelers do this, it’s quite easy to set your luggage down just a few feet away. If you’re in a bathroom stall, you may find yourself setting your luggage down near the door, a place where a passerby could reach down and grab it before you’re even done flushing. If you’re making a call at a pay phone, your luggage may rest at your feet, somewhere it could easily be picked up. If you’re in an airport coffee shop, you may leave your luggage at your table while you go retrieve more cream and sugar. All of these instances may seem convenient, but they give thieves the prime opportunity to take the luggage and run. The way to prevent this is to simply keep your luggage in your arms or in your lap at all times: don’t set it down, not even for a second.

Be Wary of People asking for Help: Thieves often work in pairs: one person distracts you while the other steals your things. Sometimes the distraction happens when a person approaches you and asks for help. Perhaps they need directions to the restroom or perhaps they want to know where the airport bar is located. While you - the good Samaritan - direct them, their accomplice comes up from behind and takes anything you aren’t watching: your purse, your luggage, your lap top computer. The airport is so full of people who work there - people in uniforms - that there is really no reason anyone should ask you for help when they can more easily ask an airport employee. This doesn’t mean you should flat out refuse to help anyone who asks, but only help someone when you feel comfortable…and have a firm grasp on all of your belongings.

Be Smart with Luggage Tags: The luggage tag is a way for the rightful owner of a suitcase to prove it’s theirs. But, if you think about it, it serves an entirely different purpose for a thief: it’s a rolling advertisement that you are going out of town and that your house may possibly be unoccupied. For this reason, it’s wise not to put your home address on your luggage tag. Many people chose to put their office address instead: it’s better for a thief to steal your two ply computer paper than your two carrot diamond necklace. No matter what address you use, it’s also wise to put a luggage tag inside your suitcase - somewhere only you know where it is - as well as outside. The tags on the outside can easily be ripped off and replaced with tags bearing the name of someone else: proof of ownership inside the suitcase may be the only way to get your belongings back.

Crime in airports may not be as frequent as crime in say a dark and desolate alley, but it still occurs. From pickpockets to luggage takers, thieves have a keen sense of knowing who won’t notice their belongings missing until it’s too late. Being cautious - even overly cautious - may be all it takes to make sure you don’t become a victim: the price of airport sodas and bottled water is all the getting ripped off you need.

Jennifer Jordan is a senior editor for http://turbocellcharge.com. A professional business traveler, she aims to make business trips feel less like work. She also has a healthy collection of hotel shampoos….and a shower cap or two.

If you are planning a vacation abroad, there is at least one thing that you have in common with almost every single world traveler this year. You will have to get on a plane at some point in your vacation. With the cost of gasoline on the rise, you may think it near impossible, but finding inexpensive airline tickets for world travel is possible with a little effort on your part. Who is not willing to put forth a little effort to save a little money? I know I am. I have put together a few tips at finding inexpensive airline tickets for world travel that you may find invaluable.

First of all, shop online. If at all possible, start looking well in advance. As a general rule, the further in advance that the flight is booked, the better price you will get on the ticket. If you can book at least six weeks ahead of time, you will save a substantial amount over the 24-48 hour period just before a flight. Even booking 2 weeks in advance will save you a considerable amount, but the savings will not be as great as if the tickets were purchased earlier.

Shop multiple places before actually purchasing the ticket. Some sites will offer better prices than others, as will some airlines. Keep in mind that there are at least three places you can go to get airline tickets Ð online, travel agents, and directly to the airline themselves. We as Americans tend to think that going directly to the source saves us money. That is not always the case, especially when it comes to airline tickets.

Don’t be picky. Fly with the small name carriers that can save you a little more money than flying with the big dogs. I am not asking you to fly on “Crash Brothers Airlines” just take a flight with a lesser known carrier. The savings could be anywhere from small to half or more.

Just like booked a hotel in the “off” season, you can take a flight at an “off” time. If you can be flexible on your take off and arrival times, or if you can make your visit somewhat extended, you could save considerable amounts on your airline tickets. For some night owls, this would be no stretch at all, but for some, taking the “Red Eye” to Shanghai is not on their list of top ten things to do in life.

If you are willing to be flexible with your flight times, then allowing the website to choose your flight time for you. A less popular time of the day could get you a great deal on a flight. The cheaper flights may not be as bad as you think. Instead of leaving at 8:30 am, you may leave at 7:00 am, which is not that bad of a change for saving a few dollars.

Be willing to go on Standby. This is more difficult if you are trying to plan a trip with a group of people, or if your first day of your trip entails a schedule of any kind, but if you are very flexible with your flight times, flying standby could save you more money than you may think. You may or may not get on the flight that you were wanting, but the savings are definitely there for those willing to wait on a flight with room for them.

As you can see, finding inexpensive airline tickets for world travel is not as difficult as you may have thought. With a little effort, you too can save money on your world travels.

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Thousands of Las Vegas travellers every year wonder how to get a cheap ticket to Las Vegas. Las Vegas isn’t called the city of lost wages for nothing. This article will discuss how to get a cheap air ticket to Las Vegas. This is but one of a collection of articles I’m writing about cheap travel to Las Vegas. Be sure to look out for my other Las Vegas cheap travel tips. Keep reading to learn more tips about how to have a fun cheap trip to Las Vegas.

The more time you can spend planning your cheap Las Vegas vacation will mean a cheap ticket to Las Vegas for you. The best way to get a cheap ticket to Las Vegas involves spending just a few minutes researching a cheap airfare to Las Vegas.

If you are willing to spend just a few minutes scouring the web for a cheap ticket to Las Vegas then you will be rewarded with savings of hundreds of dollars on your Las Vegas vacation. Thankfully the Internet makes the task of find a cheap airfare to Las Vegas incredibly easy.

Of course, the easiest way to start planning a cheap ticket to Las Vegas is knowing the best times to visit Las Vegas for the cheapest Las Vegas deals.

The quietest times to visit Las Vegas (and therefore the cheapest) are November, December and January. Other times throughout the year when you are guaranteed a cheap fare to Las Vegas are weekdays, the two weeks before Christmas and in the middle of summer and December and August.

You will be further guaranteed a cheap ticket to Las Vegas if you ensure you travel to Las Vegas when it’s not fully booked by convention visitors. Thousands of people attend Las Vegas conventions every year. To find out if it’s booked out contact the Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority on 702-892-0711. You can also visit their website at http://www.vegasrooms.com/convention.htm to learn what conventions are booked for the whole year.

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Nothing excites more than the thought of going over seas on an Air Plane for a nice holiday experience, how ever in the ensuing excitement many first time travelers make some simple mistakes that can often make the trip very uncomfortable if not down right unpleasant.

The first thing when to think about when you are going on a trip in a Plane is your comfort zone, and in Coach (Economy) Class that is a very small space indeed, so you need to make the most of it.

First think very carefully about where you want to sit, the Isle seat or the Window seat.

The Window seat for the first time traveler is the best because you get to” see” out side at your leisure, but when you have to go to the lavatory this usually means disturbing the people in the next two seats as they normally have to get up for you.

Now that’s not too much to ask for once or twice, but when you have to do this at 3:00 AM it becomes a bit of a nuisance for you, and them, and when you are on a long haul flight, say 15 to 21 hours this will inevitably happen.

Some times you have to get to your carry on baggage, that also means that the people next to you have to move or get up for you, and sometimes you just want to get up and stretch your legs…. even if it’s 3:00AM.

So think carefully about where you want to sit, the Isle or Window seat, it’s no surprise that many experienced travelers usually opt out for the Isle seat, after all when you are up 8,000 + miles above the clouds you can’t see much for most of the trip anyway.

Make sure that you wear cotton clothes as they don’t sweat easy as other material, and take a coat with you on board you will may need it some time or other, you will be surprised how cold it can get inside the cabin.

If there are two or more seats that are empty when you are in the air and there are no passengers on them, ask the flight attendants for you to move on them.

When you have more than 1 seat the other will be a god send if you want to sleep, just put the middle arm rest up and you have a nice flat comfortable place to lie on, without paying 1st class for it.

Don’t under estimate how much sleep deprivation can take the shine out of your trip; the angle on Coach (Economy) Class seats is very poor and very difficult to sleep on.

You can also ask about any empty seats before you board when you get your boarding pass, that way you will know if any seats will be available.

Oh! and take your shoes off it’s more comfortable as your feet tend to swell under Cabin pressure, make sure you use the lumbar pillow (the small little pillow on your seat for your lower back)

Sit back and enjoy your trip, if the Plane stops over for refueling and you plan to leave your seat to walk around the airport, be very careful not to go too far, as refueling and restocking only takes about 1 hour at the most.

You will have to take your passport with you and boarding pass, as you have to go through customs again, and this takes more time.

Some Airlines now have a policy of not alerting passengers that the airplane is ready to board.

You can save your self anxiety and fear of missing your flight if you keep very close to the Departure lounge (Remember the departure lounge is different to the Arrival lounge you dis embarked on…the departure lounge is the FIRST THING YOU MUST FIND then you can walk around knowing full well that you wont have to endure a marathon run.

Tony Saff is a free lance writer who has traveled extensively and is a director of some online and off line companies.
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Split ticketing or split-city ticketing is buying two separate round-trip tickets for a single trip. The two round-trip flights take advantage of the airline’s pricing schemes to create a lower total airfare. In addition to paying less, there may be other benefits to booking split-city tickets.

An example to illustrate the split ticketing strategy:

A friend found $600 fares to fly from San Jose, California to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. I checked a couple of sources and confirmed that $600 was the lowest available fare. I also discovered that all flights connected through Los Angeles or Phoenix. I then researched two separate itineraries:

1. (San Jose-to-Los Angeles) AND (Los Angeles-to-Cabo)

-OR-

2. (San Jose-to-Phoenix) AND (Phoenix-to-Cabo)

At that time, Los Angeles-to-Cabo round-trip flights cost $198 and San Jose-to-Los Angeles flights were $98 (a total of $296). By simply buying separate round-trip tickets through Los Angeles, anyone could save 50%–over $300 ($600 - $296). I concentrated on using Los Angeles as an interim airport, since there more options–airlines and flights–and better prices.

These, and most, split ticket flights are not less convenient, since the through fare (in this case, the $600 fare) required changing planes in an interim airport (i.e., Los Angeles) anyway. In fact, not only are split ticket flights usually as convenient but often include some advantages.

One advantage is that travelers can book flights with preferred airlines and add points to active frequent flyer accounts. At the time, only two airlines offered San Jose-to-Cabo flights while several offered San Jose-to-Los Angeles and Los Angeles-to-Cabo flights. Instead of paying $600 to fly on one of two undesired airlines, buy separate round-trips on airlines you like and pay $298. This is very typical of split city routes.

Another advantage of split ticket itineraries is that travelers can create stopovers, which are not permitted on most discounted round-trip fares (such as the $600 fare). For instance, fly from San Jose to Los Angeles the night before flying to Cabo. Spend a day in Los Angeles before taking an afternoon Los Angeles-to-Cabo flight. The time spent in Los Angeles is a created stopover. Create a similar stopover on the return flights, if you wish. Stopovers counter the major potential difficulty of split ticketing, possibly missing the connection flight if either flight into Los Angeles is canceled or delayed.

With split tickets, travelers usually must claim baggage from the first airline, carry them to the second airline, and check in with the second airline. Bringing only carry-on baggage is the best way to eliminate this disadvantage but travelers must still check in with the second airline.

Some typical split ticket routes include:

• East coast US cities to Hawaii, Australia, or Asia (through San Francisco or Los Angeles)
• US cities to South America (through Miami or New York)
• US cities to Europe and Africa (through London or Paris)

There are countless routings that offer split ticketing advantages. Try it while researching your next trip. You may be pleasantly surprised.

Charles McCool is a travel consultant specializing in helping consumers and businesses save money, time, and stress on all aspects of travel. He is the author of Winning the Airfare Game and operates LowerAirfares.com.

As a businessman I frequently fly out of Cardiff. The airport solely operates from one terminal. This means that when you want to park your car at one of the available car parks you not have to consider from which terminal your flight departs. Most of the parking sites I used already for dozens of times and as an experienced traveller I know exactly which company provides the best services. I hope you can use some of my advice and who knows maybe it will make your future travels a little bit more relaxed.

These days, I always book my parking service in advance through the internet. It is definitely the best means of saving yourself some time so you do not have to rush getting through security and customs. In addition, online booking will often save you a couple of pounds too and we all know airport parking a rather costly service.

The majority of the available Cardiff parking agencies provide a fairly standard level of service. Similar standards of service and security are available almost everywhere you go. Most of the car parks only vary in their fee and situation. I always base the choice I make on how much they charge and how much time I have.

If you have never parked your car at Cardiff airport before and you don’t know what service to choose, below I mention a few companies which run excellent parking sites with a satisfactory service.

NCP operates the long duration parking service at Cardiff airport which is ideally located right on the other side of the terminal building. Certain sections of the facility are within walking distance of the terminal. However, during the summer there is a transport service available which is operational every five minutes. The duration of the trip to the terminal lasts only five minutes.

Also recommendable is Cardiff Airparks Services. This well-established and reputed company is located within a short distance from the terminal as well and offers a free transportation service which is available around the clock each day of the week. Fees are reasonable.

Last but not least there is The Highwayman. Their parking site is situated at the end of Cardiff airport’s runway and is run by a local family. The facility has nine years of experience and is excellently secured ensuring you absolute piece of mind regarding your car’s safety while you are travelling.

Over the past years I’ve tried a number of other methods, but my conclusion is that these internet airport car parking booking services mentioned below provide the most simple and fastest way of making your suitable parking arrangements at Cardiff. I travel about thrice a month out of Cardiff and have tried these excellent services several times. I really recommend pre-booking parking online as it saves you a great deal of time and it’s hassle-free.

Andy drives to and flies from Cardiff airport from time to time, he’s a writer and travel website reviewer, his suggestions for easy online booking are:

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I hadn’t ventured on board since the new security panic measures were put in place. I checked in online for my Virgin flight to SA, hoping this would ease some of the pressure and I also went online to pay the additional airport tax, which had been implemented since buying the ticket. Thanks to Virgin who carried half the costs, it ended up only being half of the £40 I had anticipated on paying more.

Our road trip to Heathrow from Brighton was pleasant until we got onto the M25 where Friday afternoon traffic greeted us in overwhelming quantity and we saw the minutes tick by while we sat practically stalled in the snarl up. One tends to forget how huge Heathrow is. I got a glimpse of that, as we drove, well actually crawled, into our terminal short stay parking building. The back of this building faces onto other parking buildings and it looks like a parking building city. That’s not to forget the mega number of buses that take passengers there and the railway stations that feed the airport’s various terminals. Once we got to Virgin’s check-in area, via a round trip due to building operations, we still had to queue to drop the bags off, even though I had booked in previously. There were a fair number of floating Virgin staff and I was impressed with how they were trying to make the process quicker for passengers.

By now the plan of having a quick good-bye bite at the airport with my daughter, had been shelved, and we had time for a take-away coffee, which we consumed while walking in the queue towards security. That queue seemed to start almost outside the building. I had visions of not actually getting to my flight at all. But the queue moved and there is some facility for fast tracking the system if required. A hasty farewell when I got to the door, and I was in the cattle pens moving towards the x-ray machines. If anybody had sat down to design a system that ensured the experience for travellers could be as unpleasant as possible, I cannot imagine they could have come up with this. It is beyond unpleasant.

These new security measures were introduced in September/August 2006 because of the unlikely new terrorist threat of liquid bombs, which had been thought of by the security authority in the UK. Since then, no improvements have been made to the security processes, which supposedly had been set-up under panic circumstances i.e. with no time for planning and proper implementation. I can only imagine that the reason why the airport authority can get away with this inhumane treatment of people is because they have a monopoly. Nowhere else would a customer accept this treatment. An en masse vote by feet walking out would ensue.

An excuse by the airport management could be that the threat of terrorism allows them to treat every customer as a potential terrorist. This would mean for instance that Waitrose or Marks & Spencer would treat every customer as possible shoplifters by implementing long queues and searching all bags. Presumed guilty until proven innocent. Of course as a traveller one doesn’t really mind some inconvenience for the sake of security. But one does expect that the airport authority in this instance makes some attempt to implement security checks with some courtesy towards travellers. What was really the most amusing was the final check on shoes, which had obviously been set up as a total add-on. The milling around in this particular pen was so disorganised, that I could not see whether there was actually anybody checking to see if all passengers were having their shoes scanned. Anybody with intent could have sneaked through without x-raying his or her shoes.

The duty free shopping had to be a fly-by process, i.e. I flew past shelves grabbing the nearest bottle that looked like a brand I new and hopefully could trust. The till attendant spent agonising minutes giving another cashier change until I was finally through to take on the very long hike to my final exit gate. Although the travelator helps a little, especially when carrying a bag with a very heavy computer in it, the long corridors to boarding areas are quite something. I was sorry I didn’t make use of one of the motorised people carriers. I keep on forgetting my age and the fact that the wrinkly face could be used to advantage. Add a manufactured limp, and I could quite easily avail myself of this service.

As flights go this was as uncomfortable as most. On arrival in Cape Town, I walked through first class to get out and those little sleeping pens didn’t really look any better either, especially at the additional ticket costs. However, Virgin’s tie in with its entertainment arm was great and the many movies on offer were a welcome distraction from the general unpleasantness of flying. Somehow, the flight had not the requisite number of staff, although the pilot did assure us that we had regulation minimum numbers. This meant that everything came to us after many hours of delay. It wasn’t bad though and I really felt sorry for the few staff who ran themselves ragged and still managed to be pleasant. Must be hugely daunting to think that three or four of you have to serve two meals to four hundred or so people, in the smallest possible spaces available.

The descent over Cape Town was spectacular. I was reminded that summer is dry though looking at the difference in the colour of grass to what England had been on departure. My flight was definitely a tourist one, and I was very happy to be able to use the very short SA passport/ permanent resident counters queue. Of course that arrival lounge is a huge pleasure, if one thinks of the one awaiting one at Heathrow. Quick nip through customs as I have an honest face I think, as I have never been stopped and into the welcome heat. The Cape Town wind keeps things cooler and the 26 degrees weren’t really unpleasant.

And as airport authority staff goes, Heathrow could learn from this little African one, that the experience can be made to be pleasant. I suppose the volumes of travellers could make a difference. We were bussed past about four international aeroplanes in Cape Town. But huge volumes of people in Heathrow doesn’t excuse the staff’s unpleasant surly behaviour, the frightfully claustrophic queues, and the whole system which is somehow menacing and inhuman. One could imagine that the science fiction writers have been through Heathrow when one reads their take on barren landscapes and scary Armageddon type scenarios.

Anja Merret lives in Brighton, UK. She has recently started a blog and writes on issues that interest her from self-improvement to tech stuff for amateurs.

Anja has had a varied and interesting career journey. She started as a high school teacher, changed professions to become an admin manager at her late husbands law firm because this allowed her the flexibility to look after her small children at the time. After many years she left this position to try her hand at an art gallery, moved across to public relations and finally found her niche in education again managing a computer training centre for many years. During this time she also involved herself in writing standards and qualifications in the new media field.

10 months ago she moved from South Africa to join her younger daughter. She now writes a blog and also looks after the business interests of her daughter who is a Flash and Accessibility expert. She has BA (Hons) MBA degrees and on rare occasions she feels like a frustrated wannabe academic. That passes quickly though. www.anjamerret.com